Alanna Young's book "Almost Lost Forever" is on Wareham High's summer reading list

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Aug 11, 2017 at 8:00 AM

By Mary McKenziemmckenzie@wickedlocal.com

WAREHAM - Local author Alanna Young, soon entering her senior year at Wareham High School and having just finished her sixth book for publication, has a title on the reading list for ninth and 10th graders at her school.

English Department Head Michael Murray has the fantasy fiction novel “Almost Lost Forever,” about a brother and sister falling through a portal into another world on the summer reading list for ninth and 10th grade college preparatory students.

Another teacher at Wareham High, who has edited Young’s books since she was a ninth grader, said she has always been impressed by the young author’s work.

“I first met and edited a novel for Alanna when she was a ninth grader at WHS,” said English teacher Debbie Anastasia. “Her ninth grade English teacher suggested I might read and edit her work. I was so pleased that I did, as she is a natural I was impressed at the time that a ninth grader had completed such a work.”

Anastasia said that while she had students “complete a novel and some even complete a full-length screen play,” Young’s talent stands out and she was happy to have the young author in her creative writing class.

“This girl has determination, imagination, and grit,” said Anastasia. “She is a talented writer and story-teller with a seemingly endless trail of characters and plot lines growing in her mind.”

The WHS English teacher noted that she is in the process of editing another story by Young this summer.

“I will always be a fan of Alanna Young's work and am excited to follow her continued success,” said Anastasia.

Currently, Amazon.com carries Young’s stories. Besides “Almost Lost Forever: Every Story Has Two Sides,” there are “Handsome Henry,” “No Death for the Wicked,” “Think Before You Speak,” and “There is Freedom in Flight.” All of the stories became available in 2017, when Young decided to take a chance and put her stories out for publication. The sixth story, just finished, is unnamed and in the editing process right now.

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